remainingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/rɪˈmeɪ.nɪŋ/us/rɪˈmeɪ.nɪŋ/B2 continuing to exist or be left after other parts or things have been used or taken away:
Bernstein's remaining lecture will take place on 22 January.
Mix in half the butter and keep the remaining half for later.
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- The latest violence has smothered any remaining hopes for an early peace agreement.
- I finally surrendered to temptation, and ate the last remaining chocolate.
- The remaining inhabitants of this once-prosperous market town have got used to a twilight existence.
- The prize money will be shared between the remaining contestants.
- The remaining money will be donated to charity.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Staying and remaining
- closeted
- halt
- hang
- hold
- hold sb over
- keep to somewhere
- leave
- residual
- rest
- sit tight idiom
- sojourn
- stand
- stay
- stay behind
- stop
- tarry
- vestigial
- wait
- wait behind
- wait for sb
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